Chestnut Hill is an
unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Northampton County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 312,951. Its county seat is Easton. The county was formed in 1752 from parts of Bucks County. Its namesake was the c ...
, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the
2020 census. Its population as of the 2020 census was 6,689.
[ It is part of the ]Lehigh Valley
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metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area
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in the U.S. as of 2020.
Chestnut Hill is on the eastern edge of Northampton County, in the southeastern quadrant of Forks Township. It is bordered to the south by the city of Easton and to the east by the Delaware River
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York, the river flows for a ...
, which forms the Pennsylvania–New Jersey
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border. It is bordered to the west by Sullivan Trail (old Pennsylvania Route 115
Pennsylvania Route 115 (PA 115) is a north–south state highway in eastern Pennsylvania. It stretches from U.S. Route 209 (US 209) in Brodheadsville, Monroe County, northwest to Interstate 81 (I-81) and PA 3 ...
), which leads northwest to Stockertown. Pennsylvania Route 611
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follows the Delaware River along the eastern edge of Chestnut Hill, leading south into Easton and northeast to Portland
Portland most commonly refers to:
*Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon
*Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine
*Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel
Portland may also r ...
.
Chestnut Hill is a ridge which runs along the southern border of the CDP, overlooking the Delaware River
The Delaware River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States and is the longest free-flowing (undammed) river in the Eastern United States. From the meeting of its branches in Hancock, New York, the river flows for a ...
.
References
Census-designated places in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania
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